Any Attendant Circumstance.—συλλέξα_ς στράτευμα ἐπολιόρκει Μί_λητονhaving collected an army he laid siege to MiletusX.A. 1.1.7, παραγγέλλει τῷ Κλεάρχῳ λαβόντι ἥκειν ὅσον ἦν αὐτῷ στράτευμαhe gave orders to Clearchus to come with all the force he had 1. 2. 1.

a. ἔχωνhaving, ἄγωνleading, φέρωνcarrying (mostly of inanimate objects), χρώμενοςusing, λαβώνtaking are used where English employs with. Thus, ἔχων στρατιὰ_ν ἀφικνεῖταιhe arrives with an armyT. 4.30, βοῇ χρώμενοιwith a shout 2. 84, ἐκέλευσε λαβόντα ἄνδρας ἐλθεῖν ὅτι πλείστουςhe ordered him to come with all the men he could (or to take . . . and come) X.A. 1.1.11.

b. In poetry participles (especially) of verbs denoting motion are often added to verbs of giving, setting to make the action more picturesque (H. 304, S.Aj. 854).